Research Assistant

Applications are invited for a Research Assistant, to work with a team working
with Dr Rachel Pechey on a research programme testing interventions to
encourage healthier and more sustainable food purchasing and consumption.





The post is embedded in the thriving Health Behaviours team in the Nuffield
Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (NDPCHS). The team work on
interventions to prevent or treat ill-health by intervening on diet, obesity,
and smoking. We have a strong track record of applied research that can
benefit patients and lead to changes in the health system.





NDPCHS research is led by internationally renowned scientists, many of whom
are practising GPs and primary care clinicians or public health physicians,
together with academics from a range of other disciplines including
behavioural and social sciences, and humanities. Our research covers the broad
range of issues that you might expect to address in the community, including
cardiovascular and metabolic disease, cancer, infectious diseases and
childhood illnesses, obesity, poor diet and smoking. We focus on understanding
and improving the experiences of patients, rigorously evaluating the
effectiveness of treatments and diagnostics, utilising big data, developing
digital health interventions and working internationally. We have
methodological expertise in clinical trial design and implementation, clinical
decision making and diagnostics, epidemiology, medical statistics, behavioural
science, modelling, qualitative research and the wider application of social
science theory and methods to address practical and theoretical challenges in
health and care settings.





The successful applicant will be part of a group working to test the impact of
interventions to encourage healthier and more sustainable food purchasing and
consumption, conducted in online studies and field trials. The postholder
would support colleagues with quantitative data collection, analysis, and
write-up, as well as administrative tasks.





You will have a relevant master’s degree (or be close to completion), along
with some specialist knowledge in nutrition, psychology, epidemiology or
behavioural sciences, and strong quantitative skills. You will also need to be
able to manage your own research and administrative activities, and have
excellent communication and teamwork skills.





You will be based in the Radcliffe Primary Care Building or Gibson Building of
the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Radcliffe Primary
Care Building, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG as your normal place of work
but there may be the opportunity for occasional remote working.





The position is offered full-time (part-time considered with a minimum of
18.75 hours a week – 0.5FTE) and fixed term for two years in the first
instance.





For further information or to discuss the post please contact Rachel Pechey
rachel.pechey@phc.ox.ac.uk





“Committed to equality and valuing diversity”





You will be required to upload a CV and Supporting Statement as part of your
online application. The Supporting Statement should include a cover letter and
should also clearly describe how you meet each of the selection criteria
listed in the job description. Click here for information and advice on
writing an effective Supporting Statement.





The closing date for applications is **12:00** **noon on Wednesday 22 May
2024**





Interviews are expected to take place on Monday 17 June 2024.